Garment fastening device



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GARMENT FASTENING DEVICE Original Filed April 4, 1930 INVENTOR. F I 2(50 I Z4 76 .Bgyamm ZzPZoWZZYZ giu +n i J I 12 414 ATTORNEY.

Patented May 2, 1933 BENJAMIN LIEBOWIIZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TOS. LIEBOVITZ & SONS, INC.,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK GARMENT FASTENING nnvrcnOriginal application filed Apri1 4, 1930, Serial No. 441,441. Dividedand this application filed December This invention relates to fasteningdevices, more especially those adapted to be used in the folding ofgarments, as for instance, shirts, and is a division of an applicationfiled by me on April 4, 1930, Serial No. 441,441.

In folding shirts at the laundry or factory, the present day practice isto use a series of pins throughout the garment each of which pins isindependently and successively applied in a series of separateoperations. This securement of independent pins is not only time andlabor consuming, but in addition the purchaser of the shirt is compelledlaboriously to remove the pins, which latter are apt to prick and injureboth the person applying as well as the purchaser removing the pins.

One object of the invention is to provide a unitary fastening devicewhich may be easily and quickly applied for holding the parts of agarment in folded position, and likewise easily and quickly removedwithout the foregoing objections attendant upon the use of amultiplicity of separate pins.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for fastening afolded garment wherein the pin or fastening means are kept covered.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a fastening devicefor securing portions of a garment, such as a shirt or the like, inpredetermined folded positions, which device is removable as a unit tounfasten the folded portions.

F or a clear description of my invention, 1 refer to the drawing whereinseveral examples of carrying my invention into practice are shown.

Figure 1 shows my securing means as applied to a shirt;

Fig. 2 shows the two portions constituting my securing means;

Fig. 3 shows my invention when in. its securing position;

Fig. 4 shows the manner in which the cover operates to move the securingmeans to releasing position; and

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig, 3 of a modi- Serial No. 582,984.

fied form of the invention, wherein the cover a is dispensed with.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, Fig. 1 shows a shirt towhich my securing means 11 isapplied for holding portions of the shirtin a certain folded position. Referring more particularlyto Fig. 2,1nysecuring means consist of alower portion or base 12 which may becomposed of paper, cloth, or other material, said portion 12 carrying apair of spaced staples 13, or pin-like elements, which may be securedthereto in any manner. While I have shown the cover, which perforations,however, are

not necessarily preformed as they may be formed by the passage of thestaples themselves. The staples 13 are then bent over into the positionof Fig.3, that is with the two prongs of each staple preferably bent inthe same direction but oppositely and away from the bent prongs of theother staple, in which position they are disposed in securing orfastening position. Portion .17 of the cover 15 is then bent over totheposition of Fig. 3

wherein it covers or envelopes and thus protects the staple 13. In thisposition, the portime 17 of the cover 15 is kept in covering relation tothe staples by cooperation of the slotted portions 18 at the ends of thecover, with the'compleinentary sloted portions 19 formed in thebody ofthe cover. When it is desired to unfasten the shirt for use, it ismerely necessary to move the row 20 fromtheir position'of Fig. 3 to theposition of Fig. 4. It will be observed that thisjmove'ment of the covermoves the staples 13 to an upright'position so that the cover can coverportions 17 in the direction of the arbe removed, and the garmentreleased from the staples with great ease and facility.

It is also possible to remove the base 12 and staples 13 as a unitwithout the necessity of first straightening the staples or manipulatingthe cover. This may be done by inserting the fingers under the foldedand fastened portions of the shirt or garment, and then pulling the base12 out, thus withdrawing or sliding the bent staples from engagementwith the material of the garment and releasing the folded portionsthereof.

In some instances the cover 15 may be dispensed with, and withoutexposing the bent over portions of the staples 13. This may be effectedby applying the base 12 to the outside instead of the inside of thefolded portions of the garment and causing the staples to penetrate thematerial inwardly, and then bending over the ends of the staples on theinside of the folded portions. This modified form of the invention isillustrated in Fig. 5, wherein the base 12 is shown applied to theoutside face 14 of the material as distinguished from the other form ofthe invention wherein the base 12 is engaged with or applied to theinside of the folded portions of the garment, and in this form of theinvention it will be observed that the base 12 acts as a protectingcover for the prongs which latter are disposed interiorly of thegarment.

IVhile I have shown but several embodiments of my invention, it shouldbe understood that modifications of the same within the scope of theappended claims will readily occur to one skilled in the art, thepresent illustrations of several ways by which the invention may bepracticed being merely by way of example. a

l Vhat I claim is:

1. In combination with a shirt or like garment having sleeves which haveportions folded upon the back of the shirt and having a skirt foldedupon said portions of the sleeves, unitary fastening means for the saidfolded portions having parts which penetrate each of the sleeve portionsand also penetrate the skirt for securing all of said portions in theirfolded position.

2. In combination with a shirt or like garment having sleeves which haveportions folded upon the back of the shirt and having a skirt foldedupon said portions of the sleeves, the sleeves having cuffs which latterproject upwardly beyond the skirt so as to'be folded portions havingparts which penetrate each of the sleeve portions and also penetrate theskirt for securing all of said portions in their folded position, saidfastener being removable as a unit whereby all of the folded parts ofthe garment may be simultaneously rel-eased.

5. In combination with a shirt or like garment having shoulder portionsfolded upon the back of the shirt and having a skirt folded upon saidshould-er portions, unitary fastening means for said folded portionshaving parts which penetrate each of the shoulder portions and alsopenetrate the skirt for securing all of said portions in their foldedpositions.

6. In combination with a shirt or like garment having sleeves which haveportions folded upon. the back of the shirt and having a skirt foldedupon the said portions of the sleeves, unitary fastening means disposedupon the skirt for fastening said skirt to the sleeve portions to secureall of said portions in their folded position, said fastening meansbeing removable as a unit by a single movement to release all of saidfolded portions simultaneously.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New YorkA, D. 1931.

BENJAMIN LIEBOVVITZ.

exposed for inspection, unitary fastening means for the said fold-edportions having parts which penetrate each of the sleeve portions andalso penetrate the skirt for securing all of said portions in theirfolded position.

' 3. In combination with a shirt or like garment having sleeves whichhave portions folded upon the back of the shirt and having

